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    Katie Curran O'Malley is the executive director of the Women's Law Center of Maryland.
    How Katie Curran O’Malley plans to keep fighting for women in the Trump era
    As executive director the Women’s Law Center of Maryland, Katie Curran O’Malley has the unprecedented task of guiding the 53-year-old organization through uncertain territory.
    U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing Interior Secretary Doug Burghum's commission in the Oval Office on January 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke to reporters about tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico and how Burghum will coordinate with the Energy Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    China counters with tariffs on US products and will also investigate Google
    China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google on Tuesday.
    More than 150 people rallied for immigrants rights by the Enoch Pratt Free Library Southeast Anchor Branch, marching down Eastern Avenue on Monday.
    White House moves keep immigrants in Maryland on edge
    The Trump administration’s series of executive orders and immigration policies have left much of Maryland’s immigrant community anxious and fearful.
    Kora Polydore, owner of Kora Lee’s Comfort Food Café & Bakery, won a pitch competition promising a rent-free space that went sour. She now finds herself having to dip into savings to build out this location on Greenmount, which she hopes to be open at the end of March.
    Struggling Black businesses lament a new challenge: Trump
    Black businesses were already experiencing losses in support following an increase in sales following George Floyd and then a slew of anti-DEI lawsuits that followed.
    Carolina Reyes has a donation pile for parents since the usual spots, such as churches, are on high alert for ICE presence.
    ICE may show up at your day care. This is how your teachers are preparing.
    Child care is no longer a sanctuary from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But day care owners and teachers say they're ready to protect their students and families.
    U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) displays an autographed sign beside state and local officials, during a press conference on the Selection of Greenbelt for the FBI's New Headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday, November 10, 2023.
    Report finds flaws in process that awarded FBI headquarters to Prince George’s County
    The FBI headquarters has been a matter of national and regional political football for more than a decade, with Greenbelt selected in 2023 as the new home for the bureau.
    The crest in the middle of Baltimore's City Hall rotunda on Nov. 9, 2024.
    Baltimore sues Trump administration over DEI program cuts
    Baltimore receives hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money. The city is suing President Donald Trump.
    A National Transportation Safety Board crew investigates the deadly midair collision above the Potomac River between a Black Hawk helicopter and a jet airliner.
    Salvage crews remove large portion of commercial jet from river after deadly air collision near DC
    Salvage crews have removed a large portion of a commercial jet from the Potomac River near Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Monday, five days after a midair collision last week that killed 67 people.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters from the Resolute Desk after signing an executive order to appoint the deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in the Oval Office at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump also signed a memorandum ordering an immediate assessment of aviation safety and ordering an elevation of what he called “competence” over “D.E.I.”
    Federal workers, how have Trump’s policies changed your job or agency?
    From the end of remote work to the recent buyout offers, how has your life been affected? Share your story.
    New Ford F-150 trucks go through the assembly line at the Ford Dearborn Plant on April 11, 2024 in Dearborn, Michigan.
    Here are some goods in the crosshairs of Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
    President Donald Trump declared an economic emergency Saturday in order to place duties of 10% on all imports from China and 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and took questions on a range of topics including his presidential pardons of Jan. 6 defendants, the war in Ukraine, cryptocurrencies and other topics. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
    Elon Musk says President Donald Trump has ‘agreed’ USAID should be shut down
    The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according to the Trump administration's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
    One Afghan family in Baltimore — a 53-year-old father, photographed here, and his wife and daughter — were relocated to Baltimore, but with President Trump’s freeze on new refugees entering the country, the family’s 20-year-old son remains stuck in Afghanistan.
    There’s room but no refugees: How Trump has upended Maryland’s resettlement system
    President Donald Trump’s freeze on new refugees entering the country has left one Afghan family in Baltimore divided between two lands.
    The Woodstock Job Corps Center told the state it is closing and laying off 117 employees.
    Federal cuts mean 117 layoffs at Baltimore County’s Job Corps Center
    The U.S. Department of Labor is closing the Woodstock Job Corps Center in Woodstock, Maryland, following budget cuts to the youth career training program.
    Drew Greenblatt, who owns the South Baltimore steel fabrication plant Marlin Steel, can't wait for Trump's tariffs.
    This Baltimore manufacturer can’t wait for Trump’s tariffs
    The owner of South Baltimore's Marlin Steel has been imploring someone to do something about the “cheaters” in other countries — especially China.
    Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth and members of Maryland's federal delegation speak with reporters Wednesday on President Trump's hold on federal funds.
    Maryland’s federal delegation is also caught in the Trump whiplash
    Members of Congress are hearing the latest twists in the news.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A pro-Trump mob confronts U.S. Capitol police after the group stormed the building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results.
    Letter: Trump’s pardons are his absolution
    A reader says that President Donald Trump’s pardons for the Jan. 6 rioters is not retribution, but an attempt to absolve himself of guilt.
    Popular Venezuelan restaurant Alma Cocina Latina in Station North employs immigrants of many backgrounds on several different visas. Many are Venezuelan and the food is authentically made.
    Restaurants fear losing workers amid Trump immigration crackdown
    Trump, who campaigned on linking immigrants to criminality, has not specifically addressed how his immigration policies will affect the restaurant industry.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
    Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration spending freeze
    The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect.
    Maryland Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott speaks about a state grant program that will send $120 million worth of grants to organizations that provide mental and behavioral health services for kids so they can partner with schools to bring treatment and other support into schools. The program was the focus of a press conference in Annapolis on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.
    Maryland among states shut out of Medicaid system, health secretary says
    White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media that the Trump administration is aware of the issue and that no payments had been affected.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
    US places dozens of senior aid officials on leave, citing possible resistance to Trump orders
    At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency have been placed on leave amid an investigation into an alleged effort to thwart President Donald Trump’s orders.
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